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CVE-2016-2516

Date: January 30, 2017

NTP before 4.2.8p7 and 4.3.x before 4.3.92, when mode7 is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ntpd abort) by using the same IP address multiple times in an unconfig directive.

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (14)

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171004-0002/

Url: http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Main/NtpBug3011

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3629

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/88180

Url: https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:16.ntp.asc

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2516

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035705

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2516

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2516

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-15

Url: https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/718152

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2516

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2516

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.1
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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